Basket stars, a type of ophiuroid, are abundant on seamounts and rocky outcroppings. Researchers recorded this Gorgonocephalus basket star at 673 m during a dive on a bank west of South Georgia. Can you spot the small amphipods hiding among its many arms? Image courtesy of ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute.
This week: It’s all about ophiuroids, with a major study about global brittle star connectivity in the spotlight! Plus, the world’s deepest limpet.
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